Category: Accelerate

Social Start-up Initiative found! 2020: Vienna Hobby Lobby sichert sich den ersten Platz

June 23, 2020 | Impact Hub Vienna

Deloitte Österreich und Impact Hub Vienna fördern mit der Initiative found! innovative Social Start-ups, die mit ihren Geschäftsideen neue Perspektiven für geflüchtete Personen schaffen. Seit Anfang des Jahres feilten sechs […]
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innovate4nature insects edition: die Finalistinnen und Finalisten stehen fest!

June 18, 2020 | Impact Hub Vienna

Startups kämpfen gegen Insektensterben: Aus 67 Einreichungen hat eine Jury sechs spannende Business-Ideen für Insektenschutz gekürt. Wien, 18. Juni 2020 – Aus 67 Einreichungen für den Start-Up-Wettbewerb innovate4nature hat eine […]
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Founder Spotlight – Ariane Olschak, Farah Saad, Marianna Mkrtchyan and Philipp Schmidtmayr from frida

June 2, 2020 | Aneta Pawlik

Since 2015, we have gained completely new perspectives on the topic of barriers to inclusive societies. While we are more aware of the existing hurdles and manage to build bridges […]
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Founder Spotlight: Rosa Haltmeyer from Vienna Hobby Lobby

April 24, 2020 | Aneta Pawlik

When we talk about decreasing and closing the gaps preventing the achievement of social inclusivity in Austria, we often focus on barriers to accessing the job market, barriers to education […]
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found! Accelerator Program Announces the 2020 Finalists

January 30, 2020 | Impact Hub Vienna

The fourth round of found! has officially started! Deloitte Austria and Impact Hub Vienna selected the most innovative teams for their jointly organised social start-up program from numerous interesting submissions. […]
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Why Transport Poverty is an Issue of Social Exclusion

January 2, 2020 | Aneta Pawlik

I come from a small village in the south of Poland, which does not have public transport. It also doesn’t have local government-funded transport connections to the bigger cities in […]
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Open Piano for Refugees Selected as the Winner of the found! 2019 Accelerator Program

June 18, 2019 | Aneta Pawlik

Originally posted in German by Deloitte Austria here The found! Program promotes start-ups that focus on creating prospects for refugees. Six young social entrepreneurs had been working on optimizing their […]
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RE:WIEN 2019 Launches for the 5th Time – Meet the Cohort!

May 14, 2019 | Aneta Pawlik

Amongst many other accelerator programs run by Impact Hub Vienna, RE:WIEN is the only incubation program focused exclusively on making Vienna a more sustainable place to live. RE:WIEN supports start-ups […]
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An Interview with Katha Schinkinger about Habibi & Hawara

May 11, 2018 | Hannah Myott

This week I sat down with Katha Schinkinger, director and shareholder of Habibi & Hawara. Habibi & Hawara is a restaurant and catering business in the heart of Vienna that serves Austrian Oriental […]
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Austrian social venture bridges the multicultural gap

February 15, 2017 | Aneta Pawlik

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world, read the words of an Austrian-British philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Even though what he meant was that philosophy (the […]
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The best in the world…

October 11, 2016 | Hayley Mill

According to Forbes Magazine Austria, Impact Hub Vienna was recognized as one of the Top 20 Accelerators in the World in 2015. Congratulations Accelerate Team! This comes hot on the […]
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Unlikely Allies

July 8, 2016 | Impact Hub Vienna

At Impact Hub Vienna we support over 450 Social Entrepreneurs; as an Impact Hub network we support over 11,000. As we grow both locally and internationally, we are seeing a trend, that […]
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Design Thinking with IBM

February 25, 2016 | Matthias Reisinger

An overall customer driven strategy, customer intimacy and loyalty can make or break a startup in today’s world. 42% of start ups fail because they are not solving a market […]
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Apply now for Greenstart, Start-e and Impact Hub Scaling!

November 5, 2015 | Matthias Reisinger

“Grün, grün sind alle meine Farben…” “Green, green, green are all my colors…” You are working on the future of e-mobilty? Your green business needs a boost? You proved your […]
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Good gestures against Climate Change and Poverty

September 1, 2015 | Matthias Reisinger

A mad man lived in the 19th century of France, full of arrogance albeit a winning personality. The staff in the mental health institution had a difficult time with him. […]
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